Benny Goodman, the King of Swing whose clarinet led a generation of music fans into the Big Band era in the 1930's, died yesterday afternoon at his Manhattan apartment, apparently of a heart attack. He was 77 years old.

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Alexandra Avakian recalls her father, Aram, whose passions — photography and jazz — came together when he photographed the now-historic recording sessions of Duke Ellington, Chet Baker, Miles Davis and others.

Bartok’s “Contrasts,” as played at an evening called “Mitsuko Uchida and Friends” at Zankel Hall on Saturday, has the appearance of a European composer’s catering to the ambitions of an American jazz musician.